Chapter 574 - A Mess (2/2)

However, she didn’t know who the two mansions respectively worked for. If they worked for the same master, it would be such a coincidence!

As she expected, a few days later, there came another piece of news from outside. It was said that the Young Madam of Duke Yong’s Mansion, who claimed to be wronged, hanged herself in anger. Fortunately, a smart maid saved her. The members of Duke Yong’s Mansion, who were also unbearably indignant, requested to confront Qi Rongzhi in front of the investigator from the Ministry of Justice with the intention of finding out when and where their Young Madam met Qi Rongzhi and told her about Xiushui Taoist Priest.

Regarding the connection between them and Xiushui Taoist Priest from the Baiyun Taoist Temple, Duke Yong’s Mansion admitted it frankly in front of everyone. They claimed that they had actually been deceived by the Taoist priest as well and recommended him to other families sincerely. Regarding whether other families had invited the evil Taoist priest to their mansions or not, it had nothing to do with them!

The reason why they trusted the Taoist priest so much was that the late Duke Yong had also been deceived. Now that the late Duke Yong had passed away, it was impossible for them to ruin a dead person’s reputation by making him take the blame!

What Xiushui Taoist Priest had done was exposed after the late Duke Yong was deceived. Later, Old Madam of Duke Yong’s Mansion didn’t trust Xiushui Taoist Priest, so she seldom invited Xiushui Taoist Priest to Duke Yong’s Mansion, even less than some aristocratic families did. Now what the evil Taoist priest had done was exposed. It had nothing to do with Duke Yong’s Mansion!

The officials of the Ministry of Justice checked it out and found that Xiushui Taoist Priest rarely went to Duke Yong’s Mansion. Except for the first time he was invited to go there by the late Duke Yong, he barely went there. He had never been there since Qin Yuru married into Duke Yong’s Mansion. Because of what Qin Yuru had done before, it could be considered that she married into Duke Yong’s Mansion with a terrible reputation. Thus, she almost never met anyone after getting married, let alone to meet Qi Rongzhi and lure Qi Rongzhi to mention Xiushui Taoist Priest.

Duke Yong’s Mansion was very tough. They requested a confrontation between Qi Rongzhi and Qin Yuru. However, Duke Xing’s Mansion was unwilling to do so. They said that although Qi Rongzhi was not a biological daughter of Duke Xing’s Mansion, she was an unmarried Miss in Duke Xing’s Mansion, so they couldn’t allow her reputation to be tarnished further. They requested to leave it unsettled, stop the investigation and end it with Qi Rongzhi’s mishearing.

Now no one could offer a proper explanation. Qi Rongzhi claimed that she heard of Xiushui Taoist Priest from the Young Madam of Duke Yong’s Mansion. Meanwhile, Qin Yuru’s hanging herself made others think that she was really wronged. Nevertheless, if she didn’t mention Xiushui Taoist Priest, how did Qi Rongzhi know him? How long had she been in the capital city? She hadn’t been in contact with this Xiushui Taoist Priest. Could it be possible that she heard of him from someone in Duke Xing’s Mansion?

In this way, the question went back to the beginning.

Anyway, it became a mess. Many among the members of Duke Yong’s Mansion and Duke Xing’s Mansion were suspicious, and each of them insisted his/her opinion with certainty.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice visited both of the two mansions, but couldn’t find out the truth. They had intended to take the First Miss Qi back for interrogation. However, the First Miss Qi also committed suicide. After she was saved by someone in Duke Xing’s Mansion, Duke Xing’s Mansion no longer allowed the officials of the Ministry of Justice to interrogate her and requested to leave it unsettled. If the Ministry of Justice kept investigating into the matter, it would also do no good to Duke Yong’s Mansion.

It was said that after Madam of Duke Xing made a special visit to Duke Yong’s Mansion, Duke Yong’s Mansion stopped requesting the Ministry of Justice to take Qi Rongzhi back.

The rumor outside was still unpleasant, but this time it was mainly about Madam of Duke Xing and Old Madam of Duke Xing. People all thought that if someone made Miss Qi lie about it, it must be one of them.

Now that Duke Yong’s Mansion stopped requesting a result, everyone could only consider it a mess.

The First Miss Qi, who was connected with the shameless First Miss Qin, was obviously also a girl of bad character.

After getting the news, Shao Wanru had another half bowl of rice cheerfully.

In the last life, Duke Xing’s Mansion and Duke Yong’s Mansion were closely attached to each other and became two great mountains suppressing her. Now after the conflict between them, although she didn’t know what deal they made in private, they would inevitably bear grudges against each other and couldn’t be on intimate terms with each other as they did in the last life.

Besides, she was glad to see Qi Rongzhi and Qin Yuru turned against each other.

With these rumors about what she had done, it would be very difficult for Qi Rongzhi to seek a good marriage. At that time, Qi Rongzhi thought highly of Duke Xing’s Mansion and tried every way to make Madam of Duke Xing adopt her. She did that for a good marriage, didn’t she?

Now even with Duke Xing’s Mansion as her backing, it was difficult for her to be accepted by an aristocratic family.

The reason why Qin Yuru, who also had a bad reputation, could get married was that she married into her maternal grandma’s family!

Now based on Qi Rongzhi’s temperament, Shao Wanru could tell that she probably bore a deep grudge against the entire Duke Xing’s Mansion!

That was good. The biggest difference between Qi Rongzhi and Qin Yuru was that Qi Rongzhi was a vicious person with a brother, who was also a vicious person of no scruples.

After Duke Xing’s Mansion made Qi Rongzhi take the blame, she wondered how the cooperation between Qi Tianyu and Shao Yanru went on. If they hadn’t reached an agreement before, why would Qi Tianyu have covered Shao Yanru’s retreat in that situation?

Qi Tianyu was a poisonous scorpion, while Shao Yanru was a beauty snake. Shao Wanru wondered if the poisonous scorpion would swallow the beauty snake or be swallowed by her…